What's going on in your shop? Show us whats going on, and talk a bit about your work!

[Fixall]

Well, that went way better than expected.

It might be hard to see in the pictures, but there was a very clear winner in the project. The Diablo 7.25” 40 tooth finish/plywood blade easily did the best. It cut the smoothest, left the best finish, has a .059” kerf, and best of all…. They only cost $14 a pop! It even felt the safest since it didn’t grab the Micarta like some of the other blades did (use clamps!!!).

I had to make a couple passes since the Micarta was a little bit too thick/blades are too small, but that can be mostly avoided in the future by making a jig.

From here on out, I’ll be using the Diablo 40 tooth circular saw blade in my miter saw and table saw for Micarta up to 2” - 2.5” thick.

I’m going to give it a go on stabilized wood next.

 

[Lorien]

done on the machine for now, on to the hand tools

 

[bike4fun919 OpbunchKnives]

 

[AVigil]

CPM154 lock back folder, hollow ground with 600 grit hand finish, aluminum bronze bushing, stainless mill relieved liners, cherry red G10 liners with green canvas micarta.

First lock back .

Thanks for looking

 

[Scott Hanson]

CPM154 lock back folder, hollow ground with 600 grit hand finish, aluminum bronze bushing, stainless mill relieved liners, cherry red G10 liners with green canvas micarta.

First lock back .

Thanks for looking

Very nice!

 

[DanF]

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[TheEdge01]

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[TheEdge01]

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[John Cahoon]

Here's a new Kaibab Kommando at about 12 1/2" in 52100. That's a blued guard, Osage Orange, keather and G10 spacers on the handle. I was surprised when it weighed in at only 8 oz.

 

[Daniel W]

Working on my sad attempt at a folder, trying several styles to see what makes the tick. So far the only fully functional one is the friction folderView attachment 2049151

 

[A.McPherson]

Working on my sad attempt at a folder, trying several styles to see what makes the tick. So far the only fully functional one is the friction folderView attachment 2049151

Is this your first go at making a folder?

Or first three? At some point I'm going to jump into the folder world, but not till I'm ready for the suffering! Lol! Keep up the good work, you'll get there!

 

[Jesse Latham]

Look Ekim knives on utube. He has an 11 or 12 video set on making folders.

 

[Lehbauer]

Here is the two forged in frustration ready for final blade clean up, and attaching some scales.
Actually pretty happy with them. Both after hand sanding to 400 are measuring about 0.01 thickness on edge currently so should be close to that with above edge thickness. First set of full forged with bevels instead of trying to forge to flat then beveling on the grinder. Both based on the plunge lines are just slightly off center to each side, so something to keep in mind for the next one. 80CRV2.

 

[Lorien]

still a little fine tuning, but this handle is pretty much completed

 

[TheEdge01]

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[Daniel W]

Is this your first go at making a folder?

Or first three? At some point I'm going to jump into the folder world, but not till I'm ready for the suffering! Lol! Keep up the good work, you'll get there!

Yes these are the first and there might be a pile of oops on the workbench that are not going to make it . All I can say is measure 100 times before drilling holes.

 

[Natlek]

Hallelujah..................... I finally make left scale for this knife RIGHT way !!

 

[Fixall]

Cleaning up the excess resin off of some K&G stabilized redwood burl.

I’ve been using 3M 36 grit rapid removal belts on a 4” x 36” belt sander. The belts are pretty spendy though, so I was thinking about giving the Diablo 50 grit belts a try (they’re about half the cost of the 3m belts). I’ve tried some 80 grit belts, but they get gunked up way too fast. Red Label makes a 24 grit belt, but I haven’t had the best luck with that brand. I’ve also found that aluminum oxide works better for me on stabilized wood than zirconia.

What do you guys use?

 

[Richard338]

I use Norton ceramic 36 grit on my 2x72. I like a fresh belt and brush it off after if I only used it for wood.
I never do more than a few small pieces though.

 

[Fixall]

I use Norton ceramic 36 grit on my 2x72. I like a fresh belt and brush it off after if I only used it for wood.
I never do more than a few small pieces though.

I thought about picking up a bunch of 36 grit VSM aluminum oxide belts for my Reeder 2x72 and using the tilt function for the job, but it's a pretty big pain to maneuver it out of the shop. I've been doing a couple hundred blocks at a time so it's nice to be able to do it in the driveway. I was kind of shocked by the size of the piles of resin dust.

I was sent a link for some 36 grit CAAOX 4 x 36 belts that cost about the same as the Diablo 50 grit, so I think I'll give those a shot.